Safety clothesline support



Sept. 26, 1950 J. A. CADRAIN SAFETY CLOTHESLINE SUPPQRT 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed March 21, 1946 INVENTOR. JOSEPH A. CA DRA AN ATTORNEY Sept. 26,1950 J. A. CADRAlN SAFETY CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FiledMarch 21, 1946 IN VEN TOR.

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ATTOEAZEY Patented Sept. 26, 1950 ii UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE[2,523,862 SAFETY CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT J oseph A; Cadrain, New Britain,Conn.

Application March 21, 1946, Serial N 0. 655,938

This invention. relates: to clothesline, and more particularly to anapparatus including. a support for the clothesline pulley located atthev house end of the. clothesline to permit said pulley to be swunginside a house or .verandah so that the clothes may be loaded on. thelower stretch of the line without the necessity for the laundress tolean out. into a dangerous position.

One object of the present invention is to provide a pair of smallauxiliary pulleys mounted on the swinging support around which the.clothesline is passed in order to maintain a constant tension in theclothesline irrespective of whether the swinging pulley is locatedinside or outside the house.

A further object is to provide means for preventing the lower stretch ofthe line from swinging out the window without first hooking the lineover the lower auxiliary pulley.

A further object is to provide a device of theabove nature which will besimple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install andmanipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance, and very efiicient anddurable in use.

With these and other objects in view, there has been illustrated on theaccompanying drawing one form in which the invention may convenientl beembodied in practice.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side view of the clothesline apparatus upon which thepresent invention has been installed, and showing in full lines theswinging arm located inside the house, and in dotted lines the positionof the arm whenextending outside the house.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, showing an alternative positionof the clothesline when it is located in an inclined position.

Fig. 3 is a rear viewon a larger scale of the resilient hinge forconnecting the adjustable support to the house frame.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of the hinged support for theswinging arm with the latter shown outside of the house.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the same showing the relative location of theupper and lower auxiliary pulleys.

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral IDindicates a horizontal telescopic swinging arm, pref erably square incross section, which is'pivotally connected to the left hand of a Windowframe H of a house. The telescopic arm l0 comprises an inner section IIand an outer section I2, con- 1. Claim. (01. file-1119.07).

nected together in adjusted position by a locking bolt it which may passthrough any pair of a series of opposed holes I 3a located in the sidesof the outer section I2.

A clothesline i5 is adapted to be mounted upon a pair of verticalpulleys indicated by the numerals I l and 3!, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.The pulley M is designated as the house pulley, and the pulley 3! as thedistant pulley, the latter being conveniently located on a poleX in thebackyard.

The section it of the arm IE3 is pivctally mounted upon a vertical pivotpinlfi supported in a pair Of horizontal guide flanges l1, l8 formingpart of a pair of channel bars I9, 20 secured as by rivets 20a to asmall square vertical plate 2|. The plate 2| is secured in flat contactwith a hinge plate 22 which is connected to a similar hinge plate 23 bya vertical hinge pin 24, The hinge pin 24 is provided with an upper headand a lower nut 25, as shown.

7 In order to provide resiliency for the hinge plate 23, provision ismade of a pair of inclined slots 26, 21, as clearly shown in Fig. 3whereby when the nut 25 is tightened the hinge plates 22, 23

will be locked tightly together. The hinge plate 23' is also providedwith a pair of outer looped eyes 28, 29 and the hinge plate 22 with asingle inner looped eye 30, all of which eyes embrace the hinge pin 24,as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawing.

In order to permit the house pulley M to be pulled inside the window ofthe house for convenience and safety in loading the clothesline withclothes C, provision is made of a pair of auxiliary small pulleys 32, 33mounted on vertical pivot pins 34, 35.

Mounted on the horizontal flange l8 of the lower channel bar 20 is aleaf'spring 36 provided with a pair of curved end manipulating tongues3'l, 38 depending therefrom, and having snap locks 39, 40 extendingupwardly therefrom for passing through apertures 4| 42, in saidhorizontal flange I 8, and adapted to selectively engage in a socket 43formed in the lower edge of the swinging arm Ill.

Provision is also made of a lock rod 45 connected to a chain 35 havingat its upper end a ring 46 attached to said rod 44, said rod having anenlarged handle 4'! adapted to seat upon the channel bar flange l1.

A shoulder 48 formed at the lower end of the handle 4! permits saidhandle to rest upon the upper surface of the flange ll with the lowerend of said lock rod extending through holes 49, 50 in the flanges l1,18, respectively.

The lower end of the chain 45 is adapted to be attached to the channelbar 20 by means of an apertured finger 5i and a screw 52. In order topermit a slight amount of vertical rocking of the arm the channel barsI9 and 20 are connected to the hinge plate 2| by means of loosely fittedbolts 53, as clearly shown in Fig. of the drawing.

In order to insure that the lower stretch of the line l5 upon which theclothes are hung will not swing out of the window without hooking theline over the lower auxiliary pulley 33, provision is made of adepending rod 54, as clearly shown in the drawing.

Operation In operation the clothesline I5 will first be threadedthroughthe pole pulley 3| located at a point distant from the house. The upperstretch of the line will then be passed around the top of the upperauxiliary small pulley 32 then around the top of the large house pulleyl4 which is mounted in the free end of the swinging arm ID.

The line will then pass around the lower auxiliary pulley 33, and thenback to the bottom of the distant pole pulley 3|. Any desired type ofline tightener or fastener P may be employed to connect the ends of theclothesline.

One advantage of the adjustable hinge support of the present inventionis that it permits the line to pass directly to the house pulley fromthe pole without contact with the frame of the house, thus reducingfriction on the pulleys. The arm It] will be held detachably in eitherof its inside or outside positions by means of the snap lock pins 39,40, which are adapted to engage selectively in the socket 43 in saidarm.

It will be understood that if desired the clothesline pulley support maybe reversed from the position herein shown if it should be desired toattach it to the right hand of a window frame, it only being necessaryfor this purpose to remove the four bolts 53.

While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in whichthe invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form isshown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention isnot to be limited to the specific disclosure, but may be modified andembodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. Inshort, the invention includes all the modifications and embodimentscoming within the scope of the following claim.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, andfor which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

In a safety clothesline apparatus, a support plate, a hinge for securingsaid support plate to a wall of a house or other structure, an elongatedarm pivotally secured at one end to said support plate, a large pulleysecured on the free end of said arm, a pair of smaller upper and lowerauxiliary pulleys secured to said support plate, a clothesline passingaround said upper auxiliary pulley and said large pulley when the latteris swung within the confines of said house for loading, and passingaround said lower auxiliary pulley only when said large pulley is swungoutside said house for drying the clothes on the line, and a resilientfiat leaf spring connected at its center to said support plate, saidspring being provided with snap lock means on its extremities toselectively engage means mounted on said support plate to detachablylatch said arm in either of its extreme positions.

JOSEPH A. CADRAIN.

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